From b0039d68a076c9d954faedb798f142694133b660 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nixbitcoin Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2021 17:51:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] docs: discourage users from ssh'ing into the root user Instead recommend using the operator user for all normal system management tasks. --- docs/install.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/install.md b/docs/install.md index 39a8cc2..a7881e5 100644 --- a/docs/install.md +++ b/docs/install.md @@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ You can also build Nix from source by following the instructions at https://nixo nixops ssh operator@bitcoin-node ``` +For security reasons, all normal system management tasks can and should be performed with the `operator` user. Logging in as `root` should be done as rarely as possible. + See [usage.md](usage.md) for usage instructions, such as how to update. To resize the VM disk image, you can use this helper script from within nix-shell: @@ -426,4 +428,6 @@ Follow the [Setup deployment directory](#3-setup-deployment-directory) instructi nixops ssh operator@bitcoin-node ``` +For security reasons, all normal system management tasks can and should be performed with the `operator` user. Logging in as `root` should be done as rarely as possible. + See [usage.md](usage.md) for usage instructions, such as how to update.